Louis CK gives $280,000 from his DIY special to charity

LOUIS CK IS the new heavyweight champion of comedy, according to W. Kamau Bell. And maybe my newsfeeds are clogged by comedy nerd stuff, but even the channels my regular news comes through have been pretty Louis-heavy these days.

He’s been on Nightline, Fresh Air, and recently answered fans’ questions on Reddit personally. He’s been pimping his new DIY DVD release Live at the Beacon Theatre, and pimping it hard. And he’s got the sway to do it. After 10 days, the special has made one million dollars, and CK has donated more than a quarter of that money to charity.

It’s hard not to admire the guy if you’ve followed his career at all. He directs, writes, stars in, and edits his television show on FX and produces a new hour of material a year while caring for his two daughters half-time as a single dad.

Surely, it’s not every comic that has the sway to do this sort of thing, but it’s really something to see a guy take total control of his creative process on a variety of fronts and see that that effort’s success is not something that only enriches him. CK puts his money where his mouth is.

Listen to Louis CK’s thoughts on capitalism on the Opie and Anthony Show:

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